NEW GALLERY SPACES OPENING IN 2017

In early 2017, our fourth floor will be transformed into a new destination for historical education and innovation. During the current renovation, objects from our permanent collection are on view throughout the Museum.

Collection Highlights

Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati

Date:

ca. 1802

Object Number:

1972.12ab

Medium:

Silk, gold, enamel

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Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), Female

Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page

Dimensions:

Overall: 8 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (21 x 21.3 cm), irregular

Marks:

Inside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view